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The Buffalo Knowledge Bowl program is returning to state this year after a successful season. In the past week, teams 1 and 2 have been competing in sub-regions and regions in Sartell. Sub-regions took place on Tuesday –  the top six teams the from that day moved on to regions. Buffalo team 1 of Neil Gleason, Gina Filo, Jonathon Hank, Jensen Maiden and Michael Bonde finished 36 points above the second place team with 138…

On Saturday, March 13, boys’ basketball beat the Elk River Elks with a score of 58-52 in the second round of Section games. They will be playing the St. Cloud Tech Tigers for the section title tonight (Thursday, March 18) at Halenbeck Hall on the SCSU campus. The game time is scheduled for 9:00 PM. “They have a high scoring offense,” said Head Coach Nick Guida. “They have 2 outstanding players who average 19 points…

Last week, Buffalo’s swim team had 3 of their very own swimmers and divers make it to State. Senior Tanner Baumen, Junior Blake Solberg, and Maple Lake’s Junior David Zaske. Baumen and Solberg went for diving, while Zaske went to compete in the 100 meter breast stroke. State for divers is tough to get to.  Swimmers have to place in the top four out of several schools. In sections, Solberg got the fourth spot while…

The Boys’ Basketball team recently finished their regular season and emerged with the Mississippi Conference title. Their overall conference record was 15-1. The team’s first section game took place on Tuesday, March 9 against the Brainerd Warriors. The Bison are seeded second in sections, while the Warriors are seeded seventh. The game started out as close scoring and continued that way until the end, with a final score of 37-33, the Bison emerging with their…

After an unsettling seventh place finish last year at the State Tournament, the Buffalo Mock Trial team redeemed itself by earning second place honors at the State Tournament on Wednesday. Two Buffalo team members took All-State honors. Each of the twelve teams at State compete in three rounds to determine the top two teams that square off in a championship round. The teams are divided into winner and loser brackets throughout the three rounds by…

On March 7 – March 9, Buffalo’s DECA team was at The Hyatt in Minneapolis for State. Even though they sent 20 to district and 11 to state, no one made it to nationals.  “We have a small chapter,” said Senior Sara Watts.  “It’s hard because the other schools have DECA classes so more people participate.” Each person involved with DECA that went to State had to compete in a variety of sections such as…

Buffalo High School participated in The Red Cross blood drive that took place on Friday, March 5 , that NHS hosted. Our High School reached a total of 125 pints of blood donated. Our list of students who signed up reached to 174 students, although 147 people were able to come in to donate , 26 people were deferred due to low iron levels, not fitting height and weight requirements,hemoglobin, high blood pressure,or having a…

The JV Girls’ Basketball team recently ended their season with an undefeated record of 21-0-0. Their closest game was the first game of the season. “It was a really close game and eventually went into overtime,” said Head Coach Scot Sorenson. “but the girls were able to beat them at the end.” The majority of the JV team was made up of juniors who already had prior JV experience in previous years. This gave the…

Last Thursday was an interesting day for our Mock Trial team.  During Regionals against Elk River, the judges said that Buffalo lost by three points.   Senior Graham Wyatt’s dad checked the numbers and noticed that one of the judges forgot to copy a seven over to Buffalo’s score sheet.  With that seven, Buffalo was enabled to beat Elk River by four points. “We made sure we wanted to win.  We put a lot of…